Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) recently redeemed $1 billion of its 2.6% notes payable one month before the maturity date. “Redeemed” means that Amazon paid cash to the note holders for the principal amount of the notes and the interest accrued up to the redemption date. Questions Assume that, on the date of redemption, it had been […]
Continue readingHow does The J.M. Smucker Company’s dividend announcement impact the company’s financial statements?
November 14, 2019 
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On October 25, 2019, The J.M. Smucker Company made the following dividend announcement: The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a $0.88 per share dividend on the common shares of the Company. The dividend will be paid on Monday, December 2, 2019, to shareholders of record […]
Continue readingWhat types of costs are associated with a Stance™ sock vending machine located in an airport?
November 3, 2019 0 Comments
At Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in northeastern Ohio, a vending machine that dispenses socks was recently installed. Located in the C concourse, the Stance sock vending machine offers a variety of what Stance refers to as “uncommon” socks. The designs on the socks in the Cleveland airport vending machine include Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, patriotic […]
Continue readingUse Mail Merge in Word with an Excel file to personalize communications
October 10, 2019 3 Comments
Rather than sending out one generic email to students, why not personalize the email for each student? It is easy to insert the student’s name and other information into the email through Word’s Mail Merge feature with an Excel file containing the student name, email, and other information. I have recorded a quick tutorial video […]
Continue readingSummary of seven data analytics projects for introductory accounting
April 7, 2019 0 Comments
There has been a lot of interest in the data analytics cases for introductory accounting that have been posted on this blog. I am providing a summary of the seven data analytics cases and related links in the table below to make it more convenient to see, at a glance, what projects are available and […]
Continue readingNew data analytics case for introductory managerial accounting available – KAT Insurance!
March 2, 2019 1 Comment
In addition to the data analytics case we posted last week for introductory financial accounting, we have also developed a case, using the same KAT Insurance Company data set, for introductory managerial accounting. The three of us who teach introductory accounting (Wendy Tietz, Jennifer Cainas, and Tracie Miller-Nobles) developed a KAT Insurance case to introduce […]
Continue readingNew data analytics case for introductory financial accounting available – KAT Insurance!
February 25, 2019 3 Comments
The demand for business graduates with data analytics skills has exploded, while the tools and techniques are continuing to evolve and change at a rapid pace. Three of us who teach introductory accounting (Wendy Tietz, Jennifer Cainas, and Tracie Miller-Nobles) have joined forces to develop a case to introduce data analytics in the introductory financial […]
Continue readingHow will Levi Strauss & Co’s initial public offering affect the company?
January 28, 2019 0 Comments
Levi Strauss & Co., the long-time maker of blue jeans, is planning its initial public offering (IPO) in early 2019. The company is hoping to raise between $500 – $800 million from its IPO. Levi Strass has been privately-held since 1996 after Levi Strauss’ descendants bought out the company. Levi Strauss, the founder, started the […]
Continue readingHow will Walmart’s use of robots change its break even point?
January 21, 2019 0 Comments
Walmart (WMT) is robotic janitors in some of its stores. Walmart has purchased several Autonomous Cleaner (Auto-C) robots from Brain Corporation. An Auto-C robot looks like a Zamboni, the machine used to clean ice rinks. The robots scrub floors and clean store aisles. Sensors in the robots allow them to navigate around customers and other […]
Continue reading7 Excel projects for managerial accounting
January 14, 2019 6 Comments
Welcome to the spring semester! I thought I would repost this information as you are getting ready to kick off the new semester. If you teach managerial accounting, you may want to look at Dr. Karen Braun’s Excel projects for managerial accounting. She has created seven Excel projects on various topics in managerial accounting, complete […]
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